Anaphyllopsis

Anaphyllopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Lasioideae
Genus:	Anaphyllopsis A.Hay

Anaphyllopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to northern South America. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The genus was created in 1988 by Hay in order to account for the differences of Cyrtosperma americanum from other Cyrtosperma species. The decision was to create a genus named Anaphyllopsis and rename Cyrtosperma americanum as Anaphyllopsis americanum . Two other species from the Amazon were subsequently added, Anaphyllopsis pinnata and Anaphyllopsis cururuana . The leaves of Anaphyllopsis are characteristic of being pinnate. Anaphyllopsis is quite similar in appearance to the genus Anaphyllum . ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Species

• Anaphyllopsis americanum (Engl.) A.Hay - northern Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana
• Anaphyllopsis cururuana A.Hay - northern Brazil
• Anaphyllopsis pinnata A.Hay - Amazonas State in southern Venezuela

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
3. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
4. A.Hay, Aroideana 11: 25-31. (1989).
5. Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN   0-88192-485-7.
6. Hay, A. (1988). Cyrtosperma (Araceae) and its Old World allies. Blumea 33: 427-46